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The 

Pilgrim  Tercentenary  Pageant 
of  Marietta,  Ohio 


1620  1788 

1920 


BY 
WILLIAM  CHAUNCY  LANGDON 


MUSKINGUM  PARK,  MARIETTA,  OHIO 

JUNE  FIFTEENTH 
NINETEEN  HUNDRED  TWENTY 


Copyright,  1920 

by  William  Chauncy  Langdon 

All  rights  reserved 


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The  Pageant  Committee 


PRESIDENT  EDWARD  S.  PARSONS,  Chairman 

MRS.  W.  L.  BEDILLION  G.  R.  HUMBERGER 

T.  B.  BOSWORTH  MRS.  FRANK  MCKINNEY 

MISS  ROWENA  BUELL  MlSS  FRANCES  OLDHAM 

Miss  WILLA  D.  COTTON  Miss  ESTHER  PARSONS 

W.  E.  DAKER  EDWIN  STRECKER 

REV.  W.  L.  GOLDSMITH  E.  M.  WISDOM 


The  Pageant  Direction 

WILLIAM  CHAUNCY  LANGDON,  Master  of  the  Pageant 
FRANCIS  MACMILLEN,  Composer  of  the  Music 
G.  R.  HUMBERGER,  Conductor  of  the  Orchestra 


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FOREWORD 


The  Pilgrim  Tercentenary  Pageant  of  Marietta,  Ohio,  seeks 
to  commemorate  and  to  bring  into  their  relation  of  very  direct 
influence  the  coming  of  the  Pilgrims  to  New  England  three 
hundred  years  ago  and  the  coming  of  the  pioneers  to  the  North- 
West  Territory  in  1788.  The  parts  are  taken  by  members  of 
the  faculty  and  student  body  of  Marietta  College  and  by  citizens 
of  the  town  of  Marietta  and  their  families,  all  uniting  to  pro- 
duce a  drama  of  the  history  and  background  of  their  common 
community. 

The  pageant  grounds  are  located  in  Muskingum  Park, 
Marietta,  where  some  of  the  events  represented  in  the  episodes 
of  the  pageant  took  place,  and  in  front  of  the  First  Congrega- 
tional Church,  the  oldest  of  the  churches,  the  fine  architecture 
of  which  gives  an  excellent  symbolic  background  for  the  his- 
torical and  ideal  scenes  presented. 

The  Pilgrim  Tercentenary  Pageant  of  Marietta,  Ohio,  has 
been  written  and  composed  on  the  principle  that  both  dramatic- 
ally and  musically  the  pageant  is  a  distinct  and  individual  art- 
form,  having  its  own  laws  and  its  own  technique.  All  the 
elements  of  this  pageant  have  been  worked  together  in  accord- 
ance with  these  laws  and  technical  considerations,  to  produce, 
if  may  be,  in  the  sequence  of  actual,  typical  or  symbolic  scenes 
a  clear,  beautiful  and  impressive  drama  of  the  events  recorded 
and  of  their  significance  to  this  community. 

In  presenting  the  historical  material  a  certain  freedom  has 
necessarily  been  exercised  for  the  sake  of  dramatic  clarity  and 
effectiveness.  In  many  instances  the  language  of  the  dialogue 
is  in  the  actual  words  of  the  characters  represented.  It  has, 
however,  seemed  inadvisable  to  indicate  these  passages  by  quo- 
tation marks,  on  account  of  the  frequent  necessity  for  making 
slight  changes,  omissions,  or  additions  in  the  wording  to  suit 
the  situation  as  represented.  Also  some  of  omissions  and 
changes  have  been  made  in  the  producing  which  it  has  not  been 
thought  necessary  to  specify  here. 

W.  C.  L. 


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I.    PROLOGUE:    Marietta 7 

1.  Cape  Cod  and  the  Compact 9 

2.  Plimouth  in  New  England 17 

II.    INTERLUDE :    The  Prayer  of  the  Ages 28 

3.  The  Second  Mayflower 29 

4.  The  Northwest  Territory 37 

III.    EPILOGUE:    To  America!.  .45 


I.     Prologue:     Marietta 


The  music  plays,  full  orchestra  and  fortissimo,  the  main 
theme  of  the  pageant,  taken  from  the  song,  "Time-Honored 
Marietta."  Then  after  an  instant's  pause,  beginning  again, 
moderate,  the  music  develops  an  elaboration  of  the  theme.  To 
this  there  enters  from  the  central  door  of  the  church  the  sym- 
bolic figure  of  Marietta,  clad  in  simple  robes  of  blue,  wearing  a 
golden  wreath  on  her  head  and  carrying  in  her  hand  the  Torch 
of  Learning  and  Inspiration.  At  the  same  time  there  come 
from  either  side  figures  in  green,  Spirits  of  the  Wilderness, 
suggestive  of  the  ever-continuing  fertility  of  the  Ohio  valley. 
They  take  their  places  in  two  groups  at  the  bottom  of  the  steps 
on  either  side,  while  Marietta  stands  in  the  portico  between 
the  great  columns  at  the  head  of  the  steps  and  raises  her  torch 
in  greeting  to  the  people  before  her.  As  raising  high  the  torch 
the  speaks,  only  the  strings  continue,  sostenuto  vibrato  piano, 
the  simple  chords  of  the  Marietta  motif. 

MARIETTA  : 

Three  hundred  years  ago  the  seed  was  sown 

That  bore  the  golden  harvest  we  now  reap : 

Three  hundred  years  their  quiet  power  has  wrought, 

With  conscience,  courage,  tolerance  and  hope, 

In  generation  after  generation 

Of  the  men  and  women  of  America. 

Dear  people,  you  who  live  here  in  this  town, 

My  children  born,  or  later  come,  who  here 

Have  gathered,  settled,  here  have  made  your  homes, — 

Here  Rufus  Putnam  and  his  forty-eight 

First  landed.    They  were  children  of  the  men 

Who  landed  there  at  Plymouth.    Deep  they  breathed 

The  inspiration  of  the  Pilgrim  Fathers, 

Forth  from  Massachusetts  went,  and  came 

To  this  beloved  spot,  where  they  in  turn 

Through  conscience,  courage,  tolerance  and  hope 

Have  wrought  in  all  who  followed  them  till  now. 


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Three  hundred  years  it  is  since  Carver  led 
The  Pilgrims  to  the  haven  of  Cape  Cod; 
One  hundred  thirty  two  since  Putnam  brought 
The  second  Mayflower's  high  adventurers  here. 

Then  Marietta  turns  and  raises  her  torch  in  signal,  first  to 
one  side,  then  to  the  other.  Therewith  the  music  plays  a  theme 
taken  from  an  old  hymn  tune,  the  theme  of  the  Pilgrims,  which 
appears  first  in  the  old  plain  style  and  then  in  more  modern 
treatment,  alternately.  With  this  Governor  John  Carver  comes 
in  from  one  side.  Marietta  again  raises  the  torch  to  him  as  he 
takes  his  place  on  the  steps  a  little  below  her,  and  he  gravely 
bows  low  to  her.  Then  General  Rufus  Putnam  similarly  comes 
in  from  the  other  side,  is  greeted  by  Marietta,  takes  his  place, 
and  bows  low.  Then  again  the  strings  play  the  simple  chords 
of  the  Marietta  motif  as  she  begins  to  speak  again. 

MARIETTA: 

So,  filled  with  gratitude  for  all  we  owe 

To  them  for  heritage  of  virile  faith, 

Robust  intelligence,  we  come  here  now 

To  see,  to  hear  how  they,  our  fathers,  came ; 

In  what  devoted  spirit  they  set  forth 

Into  the  dark  and  threatening  wilderness; — 

That  we  with  that  same  spirit  may  set  forth 

To  make  our  way  through  all  the  dark  and  strange 

Perplexities  of  our  most  troubled  times, 

The  threatening  wildernesses  we  must  face. 

As  Marietta  finishes,  Governor  Carver  and  General  Putnam 
bow  low  to  her  and  she  raises  high  the  torch  over  the  people  in 
the  audience  before  her.  Then  the  music  breaks  forth  into  a 
f-hort  march  based  on  the  Marietta  motif.  Marietta  turns  and 
followed  by  Governor  Carver  and  General  Putnam  disappears 
into  the  central  door  of  the  church,  whence  she  came,  while  the 
Spirits  depart  at  the  sides. 


1 .    Cape  Cod  and  the  Compact 

Up  from  the  water  come  a  number  of  the  Pilgrims  arrived 
on  the  Mayflower  at  last  in  the  good  harbor  of  Cape  Cod  and 
brought  safe  to  land.  Among  the  first  are  Captain  Myles 
Standish  and  William  Bradford,  John  Carver  and  Elder  William 
Brewster,  and  Edward  Winslow.  In  a  moment  come  some  of 
the  women  helped  along  by  the  men,  and  younger  people  too. 
BREWSTER  :  Let  us  praise  God ! 

(All  the  Pilgrims  fall  upon  their  knees.  Others  just  com- 
ing up  also  kneel  as  soon  as  they  reach  their  comrades.  Stand- 
ish does  not  kneel  until  Brewster  actually  begins  his  prayer. 

BREWSTER  :  Blessed  be  Thy  name,  0  God  of  Heaven,  Who  hast 
brought  us  over  the  vast  and  furious  ocean,  and  delivered 
us  from  all  the  perils  and  miseries  thereof,  again  to  set  our 
feet  on  the  firm  and  stable  earth,  our  proper  element. 
Amen. 

PILGRIMS  :    Amen. 

(Thomas  Jones,  the  master  of  the  Mayflower,  with  some  of 
the  disaffected  passengers  from  London,  comes  up  just  as 
Brewster  is  closing  his  prayer.  They  look  on  without  rever- 
ence, as  the  Pilgrims  arise  from  their  knees.) 

STANDISH:     What  is  the  latitude  here,  Master? 
JONES:     Forty-two  degrees  and  three  minutes  north. 

LONDONER:  That  is  beyond  the  boundaries  of  the  Virginia 
Company's  charter! 

JONES  :     Aye,  aye ;  it  is. 

BRADFORD:  It  were  well  to  look  around  quickly.  The  winter 
comes  apace. 

JONES  :  So  must  you  do  in  truth,  and  that  with  speed.  The 
season  now  is  such  I  will  not  stir  the  Mayflower  from  hence, 
until  you  find  a  safe  harbor  with  your  shallop.  Victuals 
consume  apace.  I  must  and  will  have  plenty  for  my  voyage 
back  to  England. 


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CARVER  :  Carpenter,  how  long  will  it  require  to  get  our  shallop 
off  the  boat,  haul  it  ashore  and  joined  together? 

CARPENTER  :     Some  two  or  three  days  at  the  least. 
BRALFORD  :     Truly  that  would  make  slow  work  of  it. 
CARPENTER:     It  may  be  slow  indeed,  but  still  it  must  be 

thorough. 
JONES:     Make  speed,  I  say,  or  I  will  turn  you  and  your  goods 

ashore  and  leave  you  where  you  are. 
STANDISH:     Why  delay?    Let  us  explore  the  country  by  land 

at  once. 

WINSLOW:  It  were  well  to  know  whether  this  place  will  an- 
swer for  us  to  seat  in  or  no. 

BRADFORD:     Put  every  man  to  work. 
LONDONER  :     I  will  not  work. 
STANDISH:    You  will  not  work? 
CARVER:     And  wherefor  will  you  not? 

LONDONER:  We  are  beyond  the  boundaries  of  the  Virginia 
Company.  There  is  no  authority  of  law  here  to  compel  us. 

STANDISH  :     Of  law — it  may  be  not ;  but  still— 

CARVER:  True  is  it  we  are  beyond  the  powers  of  our  charter. 
If  there  is  no  law,  still  may  we  make  a  law  to  check  the 
lawless.  William  Bradford,  Elder  Brewster,  Edward  Win- 
slow,  let  us  draw  together  and  devise  a  compact  which  may 
hold  us  all,  ourselves  and  them,  until  we  get  a  new  authority 
from  King  James. 

LONDONERS  :  We  are  ashore  and  we  will  use  our  own  liberty. 
None  has  power  to  command  us. 

STANDISH:  We  shall  see.  If  all  the  company  agree,  you  will 
have  to  obey,  or  stand  in  pillory  and  stocks,  and  starve. 

(There  are  some  indications  of  rising  disorder.  Standish 
calls  together  a  few  of  the  younger  men  and  they  soon  stop  off 
any  such  tendency.  Meantime  the  leaders  of  the  Pilgrims  have 
been  writing  on  a  tablet.) 

CARVER:     Come  together  here,  my  friends.    We  have  devised 


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a  compact  for  our  government,  which  all  should  sign,  if 
all  to  it  agree. 

(They  gather  together,  families  standing  together.     The 
discontented  Londoners  stand  aloof  by  themselves,  yet  so  tha 
they  can  hear.     The  master,  Jones,  with  one  or  two  of  h' 
sailors  wanders  off.) 

CARVER:     Read  the  Compact,  William  Bradford. 

BRADFORD  :  In  the  name  of  God,  Amen.  We  whose  names  are 
under  written,  the  loyal  subjects  of  our  dread  sovereign 
Lord,  King  James,  by  the  grace  of  God,  of  Great  Britain, 
France,  and  Ireland  king,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  etc.,  hav- 
ing undertaken  for  the  glory  of  God  and  advancement  of 
the  Christian  faith  and  honor  of  our  king  and  country,  a 
voyage  to  plant  the  first  colony  in  the  northern  parts  of 
Virginia,  do  by  these  presents  solemnly  and  mutually  i ^ 
the  presence  of  God  and  of  one  another  covenant  and  con'! 
bine  ourselves  together  into  a  civil  body  politic  for  our 
better  ordering  and  preservation  and  furtherance  of  the 
ends  aforesaid;  and  by  virtue  hereof  to  enact,  constitute 
and  frame  such  just  and  equal  laws,  ordinances,  acts,  con- 
stitutions and  offices  from  time  to  time  as  shall  be  thought 
most  meete  and  convenient  for  the  general  good  of  the 
Colony,  unto  which  we  promise  all  due  submission  and 
obedience.  In  Witness  whereof  we  have  hereunder  sub- 
scribed our  names  at  Cape  Cod  the  11  of  November,  in  the 
year  of  the  reign  of  our  sovereign  lord  King  James,  of 
England,  France  and  Ireland,  the  eighteenth,  and  of  Scot- 
land the  fifty-fourth,  Anno  Domini,  1620. 

CARVER:     Does  this  writing  express  your  will  with  regard  to 
our  government? 

MOST  OF  THE  PILGRIMS  :    Aye,  aye.    It  does. 

CARVER:     Come  then  and  sign  Ihe  compact  every  man  for  him- 
self and  for  his  family. 
(In  turn  the  leaders  sign:     Carver,  Bradford,  Winslow, 

Brewster,  Allerton,  Standish  and  the  others. 

CARVER:    And  you? 


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(Carver  addresses  the  Londoners,  and  Standish  looks  over 
at  them  with  no  lenient  look  while  fingering  his  sword.  They 
slouch  over  and  sign  the  Compact.  When  all  have  written  their 
names  on  the  document,  Bradford  rolls  it  up  and  puts  it  in  the 
folds  of  his  cape.) 

BRADFORD:  We  had  before  chosen  John  Carver  as  a  man  godly 
and  well  approved  amongst  us  to  be  our  leader  in  this 
voyage.  Now  we  are  governed  by  this  new  signed  Com- 
pact, shall  we  not  now  confirm  him  to  be  our  Governor  for 
this  year? 

SEVERAL:    Aye,  aye.    So  let  us  do. 

BRADFORD  :  Those  who  will  that  John  Carver  be  our  Governor 
under  this  compact  for  the  year,  and  will  obey  him,  say 
Aye  and  raise  your  hands. 

ALL  :    Aye. 

BRADFORD  :  John  Carver,  you  are  our  Governor  by  the  will  and 
voice  of  all,  as  ever  you  have  been  our  leader  on  this  voy- 
age. 

CARVER  :     My  best  endeavors  are  at  your  command. 

(Governor  Carver  bows  low  to  his  people,  and  all  the  Pil- 
grims bow  low  to  him.  There  is  silence  a  moment.) 

STANDISH:  Now  then,  to  find  a  shipping  harbor  and  a  site 
whereon  to  build! 

CARVER:  Be  not  precipitate,  for  death  is  close  at  hand.  Wr 
could  not  travel  far  on  foot,  and  we  should  be  exposed  to 
danger  from  the  Indians.  The  shallop — 

STANDISH:  The  shallop  will  not  be  mended,  fit  to  use,  for  sev- 
eral days. 

CARVER:    Two  days,  or  three. 

STANDISH:  Two  days  or  three!  Give  me  those  days  to  put 
these  perils  to  the  test.  Then  when  the  shallop's  ready,  we 
can  go  a  longer  way. 

BRADFORD  :    And  so  say  I ! 

CARVER:  What  say  you,  men?  Shall  we  send  forth  an  expedi- 
tion now  to  explore  this  land  on  foot,  or  wait  until  the 
shallop  shall  be  done? 


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MANY  OF  THEM  :  Now !  Go  now  on  foot.  Another  expedition 
later. 

CARVER:  So  be  it,  then.  You,  Captain  Standish,  and  you, 
William  Bradford,  take  with  you  fourteen  men.  Use  cau- 
tion and  all  prudence.  Take  every  man  his  musket,  sword 
and  corslet.  For  what  befalleth  you,  befalleth  all  of  us, 
and  in  your  fate  there  lies  the  fate  of  all. 

(Standish  and  Bradford  pick  out  their  men.  All  get  ready, 
their  wives  helping  them  to  prepare,  buckling  on  their  corslets 
and  making  up  packages  of  provisions  which  they  fasten  on 
their  backs.  Biscuits  and  Holland  cheese  make  up  much  of  the 
food  they  carry.) 

MISTRESS  BRADFORD  :     Farewell  to  thee,  William !    I  have  a  sad 

strange  feeling  I  shall  see  thee  no  more. 
BRADFORD  :     Nay,  nay,  my  wife,  thy  fears  are  of  the  evil  one. 
MISTRESS  BRADFORD  :    I  wish  thee  well. 

BRADFORD  :  Fear  not !  A  short  time  only  shall  I  be  gone,  and 
thou  art  safe  here  with  the  company. 

MISTRESS  BRADFORD  :    I'll  go  back  now  upon  the  ship. 
BRADFORD:     Farewell,  dear  wife! 

(The  men  are  now  all  of  them  ready.  At  Standish's  com- 
mand they  come  together  and  start  off.  The  people  who  remain 
stand  together  watching  them  as  they  recede  farther  from  their 
view.) 

A  MAN:     What  is  that?    Look,  there  on  that  sandy  hill! 

ANOTHER:    Indians!    Five  Indians — 

A  WOMAN:    Where  are  our  men? 

FIRST  MAN  :     Six  Indians,  and  a  dog. 

SECOND:     They  seem  to  whistle  him  away. 

SECOND  WOMAN:    There  are  our  men  again. 

THIRD  MAN  :    They're  following  the  Indians. 

FIRST  MAN:  They're  running.  They're  gone.  Up  into  the 
woods. 

A  BOY:     Where're  the  Indians  gone? 


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FIRST  MAN  :  Into  the  woods  up  on  the  hill.  See?  There  where 
Standish  is  just  going  in. 

FIRST  WOMAN  :     Now  our  men  are  all  in  the  woods  too. 

SECOND  MAN:  Ha!  There,  over  there,  the  Indians  again! 
They  have  forsook  the  woods  and  run  away  along  the  sands 
as  hard  as  they  can  go. 

THIRD  MAN  :     Our  men  cannot  come  near  them. 
SECOND  WOMAN  :    Now  they  are  all  gone. 
THIRD  WOMAN  :    All  gone. 

(While  they  were  watching  the  Indians  the  excitement  was 
intense.  Now  they  form  into  little  groups,  attending  to  various 
minor  matters ;  some  of  the  men  getting  their  tools  to  work  on 
the  shallop,  others  bringing  various  articles  ashore.  A  number 
of  the  women  give  their  attention  to  their  children,  while  others 
come  through  with  clothes  which  they  take  down  to  the  shore  to 
wash.  Governor  Carver  goes  back  to  the  Mayflower.) 

A  WOMAN:  This  little  pond  will  be  a  good  place  to  wash  the 
clothes. 

ANOTHER:     It  is  fresh  water. 

A  THIRD:     Ah  me!    They  need  it  bad  enough. 

(So  the  various  occupations  and  interests  engross  their 
attention,  until  they  are  suddenly  called  together  again  by  one 
man  who  has  taken  upon  himself  something  of  the  duties  of 
watchman.  Then  all  excitedly  run  together  from  every  direc- 
tion. Governor  Carver  returns  with  the  others.) 

A  MAN  :     Ho !    Here  they  come !    Here  are  our  men  again ! 

ANOTHER:     They  are  carrying  something. 

A  WOMAN  :     Is  it  one  of  them  ?     Can  any  of  them  have  been — 

hurt? 
ANOTHER  :     They  have  been  gone, — it  seems  so  long. 

(From  the  direction  whither  they  went  Standish,  Brad- 
ford, and  the  other  men  come  back.  Some  have  gone  out  to 
meet  them  and  come  back  with  them.  Two  of  the  men  carry 
a  great  kettle  full  of  corn  and  green  stuff  cut  in  the  woods.) 


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STANDISH  :  Corn !  Corn !  We  have  found  corn,  buried  by  the 
Indians.  Plenty  for  all.  See  what  quantity  we  have 
brought  with  us. 

CARVER:     A  providence  of  the  God  of  Hosts  for  our  welfare! 
ALL  :     Amen. 

CARVER  :  Yet  shall  we  remember  this  corn  is  not  our  own.  We 
will  therefore  take  it  for  but  a  while  in  trust  through  Him 
for  our  salvation,  and  when  we  come  upon  the  owners  we 
will  make  restitution  unto  them  again. 

ALL:     Aye,  so  will  we.    So  will  we. 

(At  the  direction  of  Standish  the  two  men  carry  the  kettle 
of  corn  on  out  toward  the  ship.  There  is  considerable  bustling 
around  again  as  the  women  help  their  husbands  divest  them- 
selves of  their  corslets.  Governor  Carver  approaches  one  of 
the  men  who  went  with  Standish.) 

CARVER:     Master  William  White,  you  must  know  that  whii 
you  have  been  away  in  the  service  of  all  the  company  your 
wife  through  the  mercy  of  God  has  been  delivered  of  a 
child, — a  son.     See,  here  is  thy  babe. 

(A  woman  comes  bringing  an  infant.  White  takes  the  little 
one  in  his  arms.) 

WHITE:  Now  God  be  praised  and  thanked!  And,  my  son,  as 
thou  art  a  wanderer  and  a  pilgrim  on  this  earth,  indeed 
even  from  the  moment  of  thy  birth,  I  will  name  thee  Pere- 
grine,— Peregrine  White,  born  here  in  the  haven  of  Cape 
Cod,  in  the  harbor  of  a  new  world. 

(Bradford  comes  over  to  White  and  looks  at  the  child  in 
his  arms.) 

BRADFORD:  Aye,  for  indeed  we  know  that  we  all  are  pilgrims 
and  look  not  much  on  those  things  that  are  about  us  but 
lift  up  our  eyes  to  the  heavens,  our  dearest  country,  and  so 
quiet  we  our  spirits. 

WHITE  :     Take  him  to  his  mother.    I  will  follow  you. 


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(The  woman  takes  the  child  again  and  carries  him  away, 
while  White  stands  watching  her.  Governor  Carver  comes  up 
to  William  Bradford.) 

CARVER:  Ah,  Bradford,  William  Bradford,  in  this  short  time 
the  Lord  has  laid  His  hand  upon  thee  while  thou  wert  gone. 
(There  is  silence).  Death  has  come  close  to  thee,  my 
brother,  and  who  can  tell  when  we  ourselves  shall  go.  Th^ 
wife  is  dead. 

BRADFORD:    My — wife? 

CARVER  :     Thy  wife.    An  accident.    She  drowned. 

WHITE:     Oh,  Bradford! 

BRADFORD:    Life — and  death.    So  shall  we  go  together. 

(The  two  men  go  out  toward  the  Mayflower — Bradford, 
his  head  bowed  in  grief ;  White,  his  arm  on  Bradford's  shoulder 
comforting  him.) 

CARVER:  Come,  my  people!  Truly  are  we  in  the  borders  of 
the  promised  land  both  of  this  world  and  of  the  world  to 
come.  And  truly  do  we  know  that  we  are  pilgrims  and 
must  look  not  much  on  those  things  that  are  about  us  but 
lift  up  our  eyes  to  the  heavens,  our  dearest  country,  and  s. 
shall  we  quiet  our  spirits.  Our  voyage  is  nearly  done. 
Come,  let  us  all  go  again  upon  the  Mayflower,  and  when 
the  shallop  is  ready  we  will  make  another  expedition  far- 
ther along  the  coast.  We  soon  shall  find  our  final  resting 
place  and  be  at  home  at  last.  Our  voyage  is  nearly  done ; 
it  is  nearly  done! 

(The  Pilgrims  gather  up  their  belongings  and  passing  be- 
fore Governor  Carver,  Edward  Winslow,  William  Brewster,  and 
Captain  Myles  Standish,  follow  in  the  way  that  William  Brad- 
ford and  William  White  have  preceded  them.  Then  they  also 
go,  Standish  last,  turning  and  looking  around  as  he  goes.) 


2.    Plimouth  in  New  England 


Governor  John  Carver,  Elder  William  Brewster,  Captain 
Myles  Standish,  William  Bradford,  and  Edward  Winslow  come 
in  talking  among  themselves.  Also  a  few  others  of  the  Pil- 
grims. 

CARVER:  The  building  of  the  houses  goes  on  apace,  but  we 
must  take  some  action  for  the  care  of  our  defense.  Go, 
call  the  members  of  the  Company  together,  where  they  are 
cutting  wood  and  hewing  puncheons  in  the  forest. 

The  other  Pilgrims  go  out  in  different  directions,  and  soon 
the  members  of  the  Company  begin  to  come,  assembling  from 
all  directions,  women  and  children  coming  as  well  as  the  heads 
of  families  to  hear  what  may  be  going  forward.  Some  are 
evidently  not  at  all  well  and  lean  on  relatives  or  friends.  Gov- 
ernor Carver  takes  his  place  on  a  high  spot  and  the  men  gather, 
most  of  them  seated  on  the  ground,  before  him.  Elder  Brew- 
ster and  the  others  stand  near  the  Governor  in  a  group. 

CARVER:  The  Company  will  come  to  order  that  it  may  take 
action  as  a  civil  body  politic.  We  have  before  at  other 
meetings  taken  order  and  adopted  measures  for  our  civil 
government  that  we  may  comport  ourselves  as  good  people 
and  as  subjects  of  our  sovereign  Lord,  King  James.  I 
now  have  called  you  all  together  here  that  as  a  Company 
you  may  take  well  advised  action  regarding  our  military 
protection.  What  will  you  do? 

BRADFORD  :  We  should  form  ourselves  into  a  military  body  and 
select  a  Captain  to  command  us  when  in  need. 

OTHERS:     Aye;  aye. 

A  LONDONER:  What  needs  there  further  action?  Why  is  not 
this  enough,  just  as  we  are? 

WINSLOW:  We  have  a  civil  government,  but  if  we  should  be 
attacked — 

LONDONER  :     We  have  not  been. 

CARVER  :     So  many  of  us  sick,  we  needs  must  take  precautions, 


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BRADFORD:  I  move  that  we  elect  Myles  Standish  to  be  our 
Captain  and  give  him  authority  to  command  in  affairs  that 
need  the  military  oversight. 

OTHERS:    Aye;  aye.    I  second  it. 

CARVER:     Is  this  your  will?    Those  who  will  have  it  so,  say 

Aye  and  raise  the  hand. 
MOST  :     Aye. 

CARVER  :     And  those  who  would  not  have  it  so, — 
LONDONERS  :     No ;  no.    Nor  will  we  have  it  so. 
CARVER:     The  ayes  control  the  voices  of  the  Company.    What 

would  you  then? 

LONDONER:  This  all  is  without  law  and  all  invalid.  We  will 
not  obey — 

CARVER:  'Tis  true  our  actions  all  are  without  sanction  of  a 
charter  from  our  sovereign  Lord,  the  King.  Yet  may  we, 
and  we  must,  decide  what  we  will  do  here  for  the  common 
good.  To  this  we  all  of  us  agreed  November  last  when  at 
Cape  Cod  we  made  our  compact  with  each  other,  in  the 
presence  of  God  and  all  the  Company. 

BRADFORD  :  You  will  conform  to  what  the  most  of  us  decide  or 
shift  to  feed  and  to  support  yourselves  without  the  aid  of 
all  the  rest. 

WINSLOW:  And  defend  yourselves  against  the  Indians  as  you 
may — 

STANDISH  :     But  not  behind  our  palisade. 

CARVER  :  And  if  you  do  aught  that  shall  bring  misfortune  upon 
us,  we  shall  find  a  way  to  make  you  answerable. 

STANDISH  :     That  we  shall. 

CARVER:  So  it  were  well  that  you  consent  and  agree  with  us 
in  measures  for  the  safety  and  the  good  of  all,  however 
much  it  may  dislike  you. 

LONDONERS  :     Aye ;  aye.    We  do  consent. 

Two  Indians  appear  in  sight  a  little  way  off,  making  sigrr 
for  some  to  come  to  them.  Standish  returns  the  signal  bidding 
them  to  come  nearer.  But  they  do  not  approach.  Standish 


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and  Hopkins  start  toward  them,  Hopkins  laying  down  his 
musket  on  the  ground,  but  immediately  the  Indians  disappear. 
There  is  heard,  however,  a  great  noise  of  Indians  somewhat 
farther  away.  Standish  and  Hopkins  come  back. 

STANDISH:  Now  shall  we  speedily  plant  our  great  ordnances 
in  places  most  convenient  for  their  proper  use  and  our 
defense.  Go,  you,  tell  Master  Jones  to  bring  the  minion 
straightway  up  the  hill  and  plant  it  on  the  platform.  H 
has  brought  one  piece  of  ordnance  already  from  the  May- 
flower ;  it  is  lying  on  the  sands  there  near  the  rock.  Come, 
men,  and  bring  it  up. 

A  number  of  the  men  go  down  to  the  water's  edge,  while 
others  return  to  carry  rough  hewn  boards  from  the  forest  to 
where  they  are  building  each  one  the  house  in  which  his  family 
shall  live.  Soon  the  Master  of  the  Mayflower,  Thomas  Jones, 
comes  up  from  the  bay  with  some  sailors  hauling  up  the  hill  a 
heavy  piece  of  ordnance,  called  a  minion,  and  some  of  the  men 
of  the  Pilgrims  hauling  another  piece  of  ordnance,  a  sailer  and 
two  bases.  Jones  himself  is  not  pulling  on  the  rope  but  carries 
i\  goose  and  two  other  wild  birds. 

STANDISH  :     Right  up  the  hill  to  the  platform. 
JONES:     On  top  of  the  hill? 
STANDISH  :    Aye. 

BREWSTER  :  From  thence  we  may  see  far  into  the  sea ;  we  may 
see  thence  Cape  Cod. 

STANDISH:     It  will  command  all  round  about. 

CARVER:  The  platform  with  the  minion  mounted  there  will  in 
itself  do  much  to  give  us  security  from  the  Indians,  and  we 
shall  be  early  warned  of  the  approach  of  any  vessel. 

WINSLOW  :  This  was  a  wise  choice  for  our  situation,  this  high 
ground  on  the  main  land,  selected  by  most  voices  of  the 
Company. 

I'REWSTER:  It  is  a  very  sweet  brook  that  runs  beneath  the 
hillside. 

WINSLOW:  There  we  may  harbor  our  shallops  and  boats  ex- 
ceedingly well. 


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ROWLAND:  Aye,  and  the  rock  affords  us  a  tolerable  enough 
wharf  for  landing  till  we  can  make  a  better. 

CARVER:     The  ground  has  been  well  cleared  for  corn. 

BRADFORD  :  So  we  survive  this  first  hard  winter,  I  foresee  we 
shall  do  very  well  and  not  die  out  as  did  George  Popham's 
colony  a  while  ago  upon  the  Kennebec. 

CARVER:     This  sickness,  though — this  sickness  drives  us  hard! 

JONES:     Now,  haul  away  there!     Get  the  thing  along! 

STANDISH:  That  is  a  right  fat  goose  you  have  there,  Master 
Jones. 

JONES:  'Twill  serve  to  hearten  us  when  we  have  got  these 
ordnances  into  place,  and  by  my  troth  I  swear  we  shall  be 
inclined  to  something  good. 

CARVER:     We  shall  all  be  kindly  and  friendly  together  indeed. 

BREWSTER  :     The  sick  ones  too  will  like  a  taste. 

JONES  :     There  is  enough.    There  are  three  good  birds  here. 

STANDISH  :  A  little  goose  will  do  the  sick  ones  good ;  and  the 
fat  withal  to  grease  their  chests. 

William  Bradford  is  passing  through,  having  gone  and  got 
his  axe,  when  suddenly  he  gives  a  sharp  cry  and  reaches  out  to 
get  support  from  some  one  near  at  hand.  He  reaches  down  to 
his  leg  and  would  crumple  down  upon  the  ground  except  that 
Elder  Brewster  and  Myles  Standish  catch  him  and  hold  him 
between  them. 

BRADFORD  :     Oh ! — Oh ! 

BREWSTER:     Art  thou  taken  now,  good  friend? 

STANDISH:  Lean  on  me,  William.  There, — so, — lean  on  us. 
We  will  take  care  of  thee. 

There  is  much  concern  as  the  people  make  way  for  Brad- 
ford to  be  taken  out.  A  man  comes  meeting  them. 

A  MAN  :     William  White  is  dead. 

CARVER:     Ah,  even  so?    So  many  die,  some  every  day!    And 

yet,  please  God,  the  worst  is  past, — when  only  six  or  seven 

of  us  all  were  well  to  tend  the  rest ! 


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BRADFORD:  William  White?  Ah,  William,  mayhap  I  follow 
thee. 

STANDISH  :     No,  no,  not  so. 

BREWSTER:     Near  fifty  of  us  are  deceased,  but  thou  shalt  live. 

Brewster  and  Standish  lead  Bradford  out.  Suddenly  there 
is  a  commotion.  One  or  two  men  run  in,  followed  by  a  couple 
of  women  clasping  their  children.  Immediately  there  follows 
them,  striding  swiftly,  boldly  in  among  the  people  a  tall  fine 
looking  Indian.  He  raises  his  hand  in  salutation. 

SAMOSET:     Welcome,  Englishmen! 

There  is  much  consternation,  and  the  Pilgrims  gather 
around  Governor  Carver,  as  he  steps  forward  to  address  the 
Indian.  Standish  comes  back  and  goes  and  stands  beside 
Carver. 

CARVER:    Who  are  you? 

SAMOSET  :  Samoset.  I  am  sagamore  of  Moratiggon,  with  great 
wind,  sail  a  day;  by  land  along  the  trail,  five  days,  there 
east.  Welcome,  Englishmen! 

CARVER:  And  you  are  welcome  here  among  us  too.  Bring 
food  and  drink  for  him,  to  entertain  him.  You  are  a 
friend  ? 

SAMOSET  :     Friend. 

Some  women  bring  food  and  drink,  which  they  pass  to  the 
men  near  the  Governor  and  he  directs  that  they  be  given  to 
Samoset. 

STANDISH  :     Where  are  the  Indians  here?    Are  they  friends? 

SAMOSET:  This  place  Patuxet.  Four  years  ago  all  Indians 
here,  they  die,  a  sickness,  warriors,  squaws,  and  children 
die;  all  die.  One  only  lives.  I  bring  him  here  to  you. 
Tisquantem  is  his  name.  He  talk  more  English  than  I  do. 
Hunt,  bad  Englishman,  capture  him  and  carry  him  to 
Spain;  he  go  to  England;  he  come  back  again. 

CARVER  :  We  are  no  friends  of  Hunt's.  Bring  this  Tisquantem 
here.  Tell  him  that  we  shall  be  his  friends. 

STANDISH:     Who  are  the  Indians  over  there? 


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SAMOSET  :     Great  warrior  over  there.    Great  king.    Massasoit. 

I  bring  him  here  to  be  good  friends  with  Englishmen. 
CARVER:     Tell  Massasoit  we  will  be  good  friends  with  him. 
SAMOSET  :    I  will. 

Samoset  raises  his  hand  high  again  in  farewell,  turns  and 
rapidly  departs.  As  the  crowd  is  beginning  to  break  up,  the 
Master  of  the  Mayflower  and  some  of  his  sailors  come  up  the 
hill  from  the  water,  and  approach  Governor  Carver. 

JONES:  The  spring  has  come;  the  dangers  of  the  winter  sea 
are  past.  I  wish  now  you  dismiss  us.  I  would  sail  forth- 
with for  England  once  again. 

CARVER:  There  is  no  more  occasion,  I  believe,  to  keep  you 
here.  The  sickness  is  diminishing.  Have  you  your  papers 
there, — and  I  will  sign  them. 

(Jones  hands  his  papers  to  Carver.) 

JONES  :  The  sickness  fell  upon  us  grievously  as  well  and  almost 
half  our  crew  have  died.  At  first  I  do  confess  we  did  not 
treat  you  well,  but  would  have  put  you  all  on  shore  regard- 
less of  your  situation  and  provision  for  your  simple  needs. 
But  you,  we  soon  did  see,  you  show  your  love  like  Chris- 
tians indeed  to  one  another, — and  to  us. 

CARVER  :  So  do  we  try  to  do,  in  truth.  There  are  your  papers 
signed.  We  wish  you  all  fair  voyage  and  God  speed. 

Master  Jones  and  his  sailors  of  the  Mayflower  go  back 
down  the  slope  to  the  water.  The  Pilgrims  gather  together 
watching  them  depart,  standing  quietly  and  thoughtfully,  the 
women,  some  of  them,  waving  their  kerchiefs  as  they  see  the 
ship  that  brought  them  to  New  England  sail  off,  and  fade  away 
until  it  is  but  a  speck  upon  the  horizon  and  is  gone. 

CARVER:  Now  is  the  time,  good  friends,  when  we  must  plant 
our  corn.  Go,  some,  and  get  the  corn  found  buried  by  the 
Indians  on  Cape  Cod.  We  will  divide  it,  an  equal  share  to 
every  family,  and  so  provide  for  ample  food  against  the 
coming  fall. 

Several  men  go  out  and  soon  come  back  with  baskets  full 
of  maize.  Under  Governor  Carver's  direction  they  give  it  out 


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in  equal  shares  to  the  men  who  are  heads  of  households.    Whil 

they  are  thus  engaged,  Samoset  comes  again,  another  Indian 

with  him.     Some  of  the  people  on  the  edges  of  the  crowd  see 

them. 

SEVERAL:     Samoset  again;  and  another  Indian. 

SAMOSET  :     Tisquantem.    I  bring  Tisquantem. 

CARVER:  Welcome  among  us,  Squanto!  We  shall  be  your 
friend  if  you  are  our  friend. 

SQUANTO:  I  am  your  friend.  I  have  been  England.  I  have 
seen  the  Englishmen.  I  know  that  they  are  good,  especi- 
ally those  who  wear  the  clothes  like  you. 

STANDISH  :  You  prove  you  are  our  friend,  and  we  will  prove 
ourselves  good  friends  to  you. 

SQUANTO:  I  will.  We  shall  be  friends  until  the  sun  shall 
shine  no  more  upon  us.  See,  I  will  prove  myself  your 
friend  today.  What  do  you  there?  You  plant  your  corn? 
But  see,  to  make  it  grow,  go  down  there  to  the  brook  and 
catch  the  fish  that  swarm  up  in  the  spring  and  put  a  fish 
in  every  hill  of  corn.  Come ;  I  will  show  you. 

Several  men  and  boys  go  down  to  the  water  with  Squanto, 
taking  one  of  the  corn  baskets  with  them.  Meanwhile  the  dis- 
tribution of  the  seed-corn  goes  on.  Soon  the  two  Indians,  the 
men  and  boys  come  back,  the  basket  now  full  of  fish.  Squanto 
takes  a  hoe  from  one  of  the  men  and  shows  him  how  to  dig  a 
hole  and  to  put  the  fish  in  it  with  some  kernels  of  corn.  Others 
of  the  Pilgrims  come  too,  among  them  Elder  Brewster  and 
William  Bradford,  still  quite  feeble. 

CARVER:     You  are  our  friend  indeed,  and  you  shall  make  your 
home  here  with  us  if  you  will,  here  where  you  and  your 
people  used  to  live  before  we  came,  and  before  Hunt  car 
ried  you  away. 

SQUANTO  :     I  am  your  friend,-  and  I  will  live  here  with  you. 

CARVER:  Come,  every  one,  and  plant  the  fields.  Prepare  the 
harvest,  praying  that  the  Lord  may  water  it  abundantly 
and  the  earth  may  yield  its  increase. 

All  the  people  go  out  to  their  fields,  each  ready  to  take 


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some  part  in  the  planting  of  the  corn,  from  Governor  Carver 
to  the  smallest  boy.     Brewster  starts  to  go  out  with  Carver. 

BREWSTER  :     John  Carver,  are  you  well  ? 

CARVER:  The  day  is  hot.  My  head  somehow  does  pain  me 
greatly. 

BREWSTER:  Sit  down  and  rest  a  moment,  here  beneath  this 
tree. 

Carver  sits  down  under  the  tree  for  a  moment  and  almost 
sinks  back.  Then  he  braces  himself  up  and  starts  to  go  on. 

BREWSTER  :     I  trust  you  shall  not  now  be  sick ! 

CARVER  :  I  do  not  know.  It  may  be  I  have  done  my  part.  The 
voyage  is  nearly  done.  The  voyage — 

Carver  sinks  back  upon  the  ground.  A  boy  is  running 
past  with  a  hoe.  Brewster  stops  him. 

BREWSTER:  Son,  go  call  for  Captain  Standish  and  for  Master 
Winslow. 

The  boy  runs  off.     Standish  and  Winslow  soon  come  in. 
BREWSTER  :     I  fear  me  much — 
WINSLOW:     John  Carver,  must  he  be  taken  too? 
STANDISH:     Thou  wert  a  wise  and  faithful  Governor! 

They  pick  Governor  Carver  up  to  carry  him  out.  Some 
men  come  in,  seeing  what  has  happened  with  grief  and  great 
concern.  * 

V 
BREWSTER:     Go,  call  the  people  quickly.     Come,  take  him  to 

his  house. 

They  go  on  out  with  the  prone  figure  of  Governor  Carver. 
Soon  the  people  come  hurrying  in  from  all  directions,  anxiously 
inquiring  among  themselves  about  their  friend  and  leader. 
Standish  comes  back  among  them.  They  turn  to  him  for  in- 
formation. 

STANDISH  :  The  Governor  lay  down  upon  his  bed  but  soon  his 
senses  failed,  so  as  he  has  not  spoken  since,  I  fear  he  will 
not  live. 


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There  is  the  hush  of  great  anxiety.     William  Bradford 
comes  from  the  same  direction  with  Brewster  and  Winslow. 

BREWSTER  :     You  tell  the  people,  Bradford. 

BRADFORD:  John  Carver  is  no  more  with  us  on  earth.  His 
pilgrimage  is  done.  We  all  know  well  this  worthy  gentle- 
man was  one  of  singular  piety,  and  rare  humility.  When 
as  this  poor  people  were  in  great  sickness  and  weakness, 
he  shunned  not  to  do  very  mean  services  for  them,  yea  the 
meanest  of  them.  He  bare  a  share  likewise  of  their  labor 
in  his  own  person.  Being  one  of  considerable  estate,  he 
spent  the  main  part  of  it  in  this  enterprise.  From  first  to 
last  to  this  the  period  of  his  life  he  approved  himself  to  be 
a  pious,  faithful  and  very  beneficent  instrument.  He  now 
is  reaping  the  fruit  of  his  labor  with  the  Lord. 

ALL:     Amen;  amen. 

BREWSTER  :  Good  friends,  we  are  under  the  instant  sad  neces- 
sity to  choose  another  Governor.  Whom  will  you  have  to 
serve  in  Governor  Carver's  place? 

WINSLOW  :     I  would  name  William  Bradford. 

MANY  :     Aye ;  aye.    William  Bradford. 

BRADFORD  :     I  still  am  sick.    I  have  not  strength  for  this. 

STANDISH  :     Then  give  him  an  Assistant. 

MANY  :  Aye ;  aye.  An  Assistant.  We  want  Bradford  for  our 
Governor.  Question;  question! 

BREWSTER:     Is  there  none  other  named? 

MANY  :     None ;  none.    We  will  have  William  Bradford. 

BREWSTER:    It  is  the  will  of  all. 

BRADFORD  :     So  let  it  be.    But  give  me  an  Assistant. 

STANDISH  :     Whom  do  you  wish  to  have  for  your  Assistant? 

BRADFORD:     I  would  select,  if  it  be  asked  of  me,  Isaac  Allerton. 

ALL:     So  be  it  done. 

BREWSTER:  Then,  William  Bradford,  by  the  choice  of  all  you 
are  our  Governor. 


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Governor  Bradford  bows  his  head  low. 

BRADFORD:  I  will  obediently  serve  you  with  the  best  I  have 
and  am. 

There  is  silence  a  moment. 

BRADFORD:  Is  there  anything  that  should  come  before  the  Com- 
pany before  we  part? 

WINSLOW:  I  crave  the  general  consent  of  all  the  Company 
that  Mistress  White  and  I  should  wed. 

BRADFORD  :     It  will  be  the  first  marriage  in  the  colony. 

WINSLOW  :  We  both  have  suffered  sore  from  the  devastations 
of  the  sickness,  as  all  of  you  do  know.  So  would  we  share 
our  griefs,  and  also  hope,  in  God's  free  grace,  for  future 
joys  the  while  we  join  in  tending  those  who  are  dependent 
on  us.  In  Holland,  marriage  was  performed  among  us  by 
the  magistrate,  and  so  we  come  to  you,  our  Governor,  to  de- 
clare us  man  and  wife  with  the  consent  of  all  the  Company. 

BRADFORD:  Susanna  White,  has  Edward  Winslow  spoken  your 
desire? 

MISTRESS  WHITE:    He  has. 

BRADFORD:     And  all  of  you  bear  witness? 

ALL:     We  all  bear  witness. 

BRADFORD  :  Then  come  unto  the  Common  House,  and  there  we 
will  prepare  and  sign  the  proper  documents. — Yea  truly, 
life  is  but  a  pilgrimage.  In  life,  in  death  alike  we  are  in 
the  hands  of  the  Lord.  May  not  and  ought  not  the  children 
of  these  fathers  say :  Our  fathers  were  Englishmen  which 
came  over  this  great  ocean,  and  were  ready  to  perish  in 
this  wilderness ;  but  they  cried  unto  the  Lord,  and  he  heard 
their  voice  and  looked  on  their  adversity.  Let  them  there- 
fore praise  the  Lord,  because  he  is  good,  and  his  mercies 
endure  forever.  When  they  wandered  in  the  desert  wil- 
derness out  of  the  way,  and  found  no  city  to  dwell  in,  both 
hungry  and  thirsty,  their  soul  was  overwhelmed  in  them. 
Let  them  confess  before  the  Lord  his  loving  kindness,  and 
his  wonderful  works  before  the  children  of  men.  For  thus 


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they  found  the  Lord  to  be  with  them  in  all  their  ways,  and 
to  bless  their  outgoings  and  their  incomings,  for  which  let 
his  holy  name  have  the  praise  forever,  to  all  posterity. 

Governor  Bradford  goes  first;  then  Elder  Brewster,  Cap- 
tain Standish,  and  Isaac  Allerton;  next  Edward  Winslow  and 
Mistress  Susanna  White ;  and  the  rest  of  the  people  of  Plimouth 
in  New  England,  departing  to  their  own  places. 


II.    Interlude:  The  Prayer  of  the  Ages 

The  music  plays  the  hymn,  "0  God,  Our  Help  in  Ages 
Past."  There  enter  from  among  the  trees  of  the  Common,  the 
figure  of  Marietta  in  blue  and  carrying  her  torch,  and  Governor 
Carver  and  General  Putnam,  following  her  and  walking  side  by 
side.  They  go  straight  up  through  the  middle  and  kneel,  Mari- 
etta on  the  top  step,  Governor  Carver  and  General  Putnam 
lower  down,  one  on  either  side.  They  remain  kneeling  during 
the  singing  of  the  hymn  by  the  chorus  and  the  audience. 

O  God,  our  help  in  ages  past, 

Our  hope  for  years  to  come, 
Our  shelter  from  the  stormy  blast  t 

And  our  eternal  home. 

Under  the  shadow  of  Thy  throne 
Thy  saints  have  dwelt  secure; 

Sufficient  is  Thine  arm  alone 
And  our  defense  is  sure. 

Before  the  hills  in  order  stood 

Or  earth  received  her  frame, 
From  everlasting  Thou  art  God, 

To  endless  years  the  same. 

A  thousand  ages  in  Thy  sight 

Are  like  an  evening  gone, 
Short  as  the  watch  that  ends  the  night 

Before  the  rising  sun. 

Time  like  an  ever-flowing  stream 

Bears  all  its  sons  away; 
They  fly  forgotten  as  a  dream 

Dies  at  the  opening  day. 

O  God,  our  help  in  ages  past, 

Our  hope  for  years  to  come, 
Our  shelter  from  the  stormy  blast 

And  our  eternal  home. 

At  the  close  of  the  hymn,  the  music  plays  a  short  postlude 
based  upon  the  hymn.  Marietta,  Governor  Carver  and  General 
Putnam  return  as  they  came,  except  that  they  depart  on  the 
side  opposite  to  that  whence  they  came. 


3.   The  Second  Mayflower 


Up  from  the  Muskingum  come  three  soldiers  from  Fort 
Harmer,  their  rifles  slung  on  their  backs,  and  two  of  the  boat 
builders  of  the  Ohio  Company's  settlers,  hauling  on  a  rope, 
whereby  they  are  bringing  the  second  Mayflower  up  stream  and 
across  current  to  land.  Captain  Jonathan  Devol  is  directing 
them. 

DEVOL:  Pull  hard  now!  Hold  it!  Now  bind  it  around  that 
tree !  That  brings  her  to.  Now  hold  it  there  until  we  can 
tie  her  down  at  the  water-edge ! 

Devol  goes  back  down  to  the  shore  to  superintend  the  tieing 
of  the  boat  and  the  landing.  The  five  men  hold  on  to  the  rope, 
talking  among  themselves,  yet  at  the  same  time  keeping  an  alert 
ear  and  eye  for  possible  danger  as  from  force  of  habit. 

SOLDIER  1:     Where'd  you  stop  last? 

SETTLER  1:  Yesterday  morning  we  took  on  provisions  at  the 
mouth  of  Buffalo  Creek.  John  Mathews  had  arranged  for 
them,  and  a  quantity  of  poplar  boards  too  for  the  erection 
of  temporary  huts  until  more  substantial  buildings  can  be 
built. 

SETTLER  2 :  Wind  it  round  the  tree  a  couple  of  times !  There, 
now,  two  can  hold  her. 

One  of  the  soldiers  and  one  of  the  settlers  hold  on  to  the 
rope,  while  the  other  three  sit  on  the  ground  ready  to  help  if 
necessary. 

SOLDIER  2 :  Didn't  take  all  this  time  to  get  down  from  Buffalo 
Creek? 

SETTLER  1:  Oh,  no.  About  4  o'clock  we  came  to  at  Round 
Bottom  and  waited  there  until  9  or  10  o'clock  in  the  even- 
ing, so  as  to  reach  the  Muskingum  here  in  the  forenoon.  • 

SOLDIER  2 :     Easy  to  go  right  by  here  without  knowing  it ! 
SETTLER  2:     Yes,  those  poplar  trees  hang  so  close  over  the 


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water  that  you'd  never  notice  it  if  it  was  raining  or  there 
was  a  mist  hanging  low,  like  it  was  today. 

SETTLER  1 :  We  went  clean  by  before  we  could  stop.  Had  to 
get  you  fellows  from  the  Fort  to  haul  us  back. 

SOLDIER  1 :     It  was  raining  here  earlier  in  the  morning. 

SOLDIER  3 :     Any  trouble  coming  down  ? 

SETTLER  2 :     No.    Run  all  night  without  meeting  any  accident. 

SOLDIER  2 :  No  hostile  Indians  living  within  a  hundred  miles  of 
Fort  Harmer. 

SOLDIER  1:  Still  you  never  can  tell.  Not  hostile  now,  but — 
you  never  can  tell  about  those  savages. 

SOLDIER  3:  All  your  people  together?  Any  more  coming 
down? 

SETTLER:  All  are  here  together,  48  of  us.  This  big  boat,  the 
Mayflower,  the  flat  for  provisions,  and  three  canoes, — 
that's  all  there  is. 

DEVOL  :  All  right  up  there !  Ease  off !  Come  down  here  and 
unload ! 

The  five  men  let  go  the  rope,  unwind  it  from  the  tree  and 
while  one  of  the  boat  men  coils  it  up  on  his  arm  they  go  down 
to  the  water. 

At  the  same  time  Gen.  Rufus  Putnam  and  the  main  body 
of  the  settlers  with  Captain  McCurdy  and  a  party  of  soldiers 
come  up  the  bank  from  the  Mayflower. 

McCuRDY:  This  is  the  point  where  you  intend  to  make  your 
settlement,  General  Putnam? 

PUTNAM  :  This  is  the  point.  And  we  are  greatly  beholden  to 
you  for  your  assistance.  With  that  strong  current  it  would 
have  been  only  with  great  pains  that  we  could  have  got 
back. 

McCuRDY:  It  would  have  been  a  serious  loss  to  us  at  Fort 
Harmer  if  you  had  been  carried  past.  With  so  many  offi- 
cers of  the  Continental  Army  among  you,  it  will  be  like 
old  times  indeed  to  have  your  settlement  here. 


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PUTNAM:  The  settlement  of  this  territory  to  the  north-west 
of  the  Ohio  is  a  project  which  General  Washington  has 
long  had  close  to  his  heart.  Not  only  does  he  himself  own 
tracts  of  land  here,  but  as  long  ago  as  when  the  British 
occupied  New  York  and  he  had  to  retreat  across  New  Jer- 
sey, when,  you  may  remember,  the  British  spread  a  report 
that  the  Emperor  of  Russia  was  sending  troops  to  America 
to  help  them,  the  question  was  asked  at  General  Washing- 
ton's table:  "If  this  be  true,  and  we  are  driven  from  the 
Atlantic  border,  what  is  to  be  done?"  "We  will  retire  to 
the  valley  of  the  Ohio,"  said  Washington,  "and  there  be 
free."  And  here  without  the  compulsion  of  defeat,  here 
we  are,  soldiers  and  officers  of  the  Army,  and  members  of 
the  Society  of  Cincinnati,  and  here  we  will  indeed  be  free! 

McCURDY:  I  will  place  my  men  out  as  sentinels,  so  that  all 
your  men  may  engage  in  unloading  your  boats. 

PUTNAM  :     I  thank  you. 

McCURDY :     Cover  the  point  as  scouts. 

The  soldiers  go  out  in  various  directions  to  keep  on  the 
watch. 

PUTNAM:  Oh,  Quartermaster!  Major  White!  Will  you  su- 
perintend the  unloading  of  the  boats? 

The  settlers  bring  up  from  the  water  their  equipment  and 
provisions,  surveying  instruments,  chests,  poplar  boards,  and 
tools.  They  bring  up  and  erect  a  marquee  with  its  hempen 
roof  for  General  Putnam. 

Me  CURDY  :     You  had  a  safe  and  undisturbed  voyage  down  the 

river? 

• 

PUTNAM:  Entirely  so.  On  April  1st,  having  completed  our 
Boats  and  laid  in  stores  we  left  Sumrell's  Ferry  on  the 
Yahiogany  River,  and  here  we  are. 

McCURDY :  Your  men  commence  their  work  with  great  spirit. 
I  see  a  prospect  of  it  becoming  a  flourishing  place  in  a 
short  time. 


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PUTNAM  :  We  have  come,  we  trust,  with  the  same  spirit  that 
impelled  the  Pilgrim  Fathers  when  they  came  to  New  Eng- 
land in  1620.  We  have  come  to  spread  the  peaceful  em- 
pire of  free  religion  and  of  education  into  new  lands  and  to 
establish  it  by  our  industry  and  our  homes. 

McCURDY :     Your  largest  boat,  I  see,  is  called  the  Mayflower. 

PUTNAM  :  It  is.  It  is  the  second  Mayflower.  At  first  it  was 
called  the  Adventure  Galley,  and  then  we  changed  the 
name. 

McCURDY:     A  good  sized  boat! 

PUTNAM  :  Fifty  tons ;  forty-five  feet  long  and  twelve  feet  wide, 
built  like  a  galley,  raking  at  the  bows,  so  she  can  be  sailed 
or  rowed  upstream. 

WHITE:     The  boats  are  all  unloaded,  General. 

The  settlers  are  all  standing  around  awaiting  their  next 
orders. 

PUTNAM:  Now  at  once  to  work  to  start  our  settlement,  lay 
out  the  town  and  clear  the  ground !  Colonel  Sproat ;  you, 
Major  Tupper,  and  Mr.  Mathews,  take  your  men  and  com- 
mence the  survey  of  our  town.  This  7th  day  of  April  shall 
for  many  years — yes,  I  believe  forever — be  celebrated  as 
the  day  when  we  landed  at  the  mouth  of  the  Muskingum, 
and  commenced  the  survey  of  the  first  town  of  the  Ohio 
Company.  All  you  who  are  not  necessary  to  attend  the 
surveys,  set  to  work  in  clearing  ground  for  the  proposed 
works  of  defence,  which  we  will  call  the  Campus  Martius. 

The  Surveyors  gather  together  their  men,  pick  up  their 
instruments  and  begin  their  work.  The  other  men  take  their 
axes  and  rifles  and  go  off  in  various  directions  and  the  sound 
of  their  axes  clearing  the  site  of  the  first  stockade  is  soon  heard. 

McCURDY:     That  is  a  wise  precaution. 

PUTNAM  :  The  preparation  for  a  place  of  defence  shall  not  be 
neglected,  for  besides  the  propriety  of  always  guarding 
against  savages,  I  have  reason  to  be  cautious.  From  con- 


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suiting  the  several  treaties  which  have  been  made  with 
the  Indians  by  our  Commissioners  (copies  of  which  I  ob- 
tained at  the  War  office  as  I  came  on)  and  other  circum- 
stances, I  am  fully  persuaded  that  the  Indians  will  not  be 
peaceable  very  long. 

McCURDY:     You  are  entirely  right,  in  my  judgment. 

PUTNAM  :  The  emigrants,  our  families,  are  expected  soon.  We 
must  immediately  erect  a  cover  for  them  against  any 
danger. 

McCURDY:  There  are  about  seventy  Indians  now  encamped 
here  at  the  mouth  of  the  river,  Delawares  and  Wyandots, 
under  the  Delaware  chieftain,  Captain  Pipes.  They  have 
come  to  attend  the  treaty  and  to  trade,  and  they  appear 
very  friendly. 

PUTNAM  :  If  they  come ,  I  will  receive  them  formally  and 
smoke  the  peace  pipe  with  them,  if  he  wishes  it. 

McCURDY:     Your  women  and  your  children  will  come — 

PUTNAM  :  They  are  expected  soon.  And  soon  we  hope  to  have 
a  minister  and  teacher,  for  the  directors  of  the  Company 
resolved  last  March  at  Rice's  Tavern,  in  Providence,  Rhode 
Island,  to  pay  as  early  attention  as  possible  to  the  education 
of  youth  and  the  promotion  of  public  worship  at  the  settle- 
ment of  the  Ohio  Company  now  making. 

One  of  the  sentinels  from  down  the  river  comes  in,  and 
reports  to  McCurdy. 

SENTINEL  :     There  are  Indians  coming  up  the  river  bank. 
PUTNAM  :     Call  in  the  men. 
McCURDY :     Call  in  the  other  guards. 

SENTINEL:  They  have  no  weapons, — to  be  seen, — and  bring 
their  squaws  and  children  with  them. 

Those  who  are  standing  near  go  out  and  call  in  the  men. 
The  soldiers,  the  surveyors  and  the  other  men  come  back  from 
the  woods  and  gather  together  on  one  side  with  General  Put- 


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nam,  their  other  officers,  and  Captain  McCurdy  in  front  of 
them,  awaiting  the  approach  of  the  Indians. 

In  a  moment  from  the  opposite  direction  comes  Captain 
Pipes,  the  Delaware  chief,  and  his  warriors,  followed  by  a  num- 
ber of  Indian  women  and  children.  They  approach  giving  the 
i:ign  of  friendship,  the  up-raised  open  hand,  palm  outward,  and 
gather  in  a  group  opposite  the  settlers.  In  reply,  General  Put- 
nam and  the  other  officers  raise  their  hands  in  the  same  way. 

PIPES  :  Good !  Good !  It  is  good !  Brother,  I  come  to  say  that 
you  are  welcome,  and  that  we  are  glad  that  you  have  come, 
and  that  we  will  be  your  friends  forever. 

PUTNAM  :  It  is  good !  Brother,  the  Great  White  Father  loves 
his  red  children.  He  wants  to  come  here  to  the  beautiful 
river  and  live  with  them.  But  he  cannot,  so  he  has  sent 
us  to  come  here  and  live  here  in  his  stead  and  to  tell  you 
that  he  will  be  friends  with  you  as  long  as  you  are  friends 
with  him  and  with  us.  So  we  are  commencing  to  build  a 
great  town  here,  and  the  name  of  the  town  will  be  Adelphi, 
which  means  Brothers.  And  to  show  you  that  this  is  true 
and  that  we  are  your  friends  he  sends  you  these  presents. 

At  a  motion  from  General  Putnam  some  of  the  settlers  go 
across  to  the  Indians  and  distribute  presents  among  them,  beads 
and  ornaments;  and  give  to  Captain  Pipes  a  head-dress.  The 
Indians  receive  the  presents  with  delight,  and  Captain  Pipes 
immediately  with  great  pride  puts  his  head-dress  on. 

PTPES  :  Good !  Good !  It  is  good !  Brother,  we  shall  be  friends 
forever,  until  the  water  ceases  to  flow  in  the  beautiful  river. 
At  the  treaty  at  the  Fort  I  will  smoke  the  peace  pipe  with 
you. 

PUTNAM  :  I  will  go  to  the  fort  and  smoke  the  peace  pipe  with 
you  when  you  sign  the  treaty  with  Gen.  Harmer. 

PIPES  :  And  now  I  will  shake  hands  with  you,  as  all  the  Long 
Knives  do  when  they  are  friends. 

Captain  Pipes  and  his  chief  warriors  come  forward  and, 
passing  before  the  settlers  in  single  file,  shake  hands  with  all 


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the  officers.     Then  they  go  off  whence  they  came,  followed  by 
their  women  and  children. 

The  settlers  stand  where  they  are  until  the  Indians  have 
entirely  gone.  Then  General  Putnam  turns  to  the  men.  The 
sentinels  return  to  their  posts. 

PUTNAM:  Although  we  are  settling  here  under  the  full  au- 
thority of  the  Congress  of  the  United  States,  we  have  no 
system  of  laws  under  which  we  can  live,  nor  shall  we  have 
until  the  Governor  of  the  North- West  Territory,  General 
Arthur  St.  Clair,  arrives  here  to  establish  civil  government 
sometime  this  summer.  For  the  time  being,  as  you  know, 
the  directors  of  the  Ohio  Company  have  appointed  a  Board 
of  Police  to  draft  a  set  of  rules  for  the  government  of  the 
settlement  until  Governor  St.  Clair  and  the  Judges  of  the 
Court  can  prepare  a  more  perfect  code.  These  rules  are 
now  ready,  I  understand.  Is  that  true? 

MEMBER:  The  Board  of  Police  have  completed  their  draft  of 
rules  for  the  government  of  the  inhabitants. 

PUTNAM:    You  have  it  there? 

MEMBER:  Yes,  here  it  is.  (He  holds  out  for  all  to  see  a  long 
scroll  of  paper.) 

PUTNAM:  Then  as  Superintendent  of  the  Ohio  Company  I 
direct  you  to  post  the  rules  up  on  yonder  large  beech  tree. 
That  will  constitute  a  full  and  sufficient  publishing  of  the 
rules,  and  ignorance  of  any  rule  will  be  no  excuse. 

The  Member  of  the  Board  of  Police  goes  and  nails  the 
paper  up  on  a  large  tree  near  at  hand,  and  many  of  the  men 
immediately  walk  over  and  begin  to  read  it.  Others  return  to 
their  work.  One  of  the  sentinels  comes  running  back,  cheer- 
ing as  he  comes. 

SENTINEL  :  A  boat !  A  boat  is  coming  down  the  other  side  of 
Kerr's  Island !  There  are  women  on  it ! 

MEN:     The  emigrants!    The  women  and  the  children! 

With  shouting  and  cheering  they  run  down  to  the  water. 


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The  other  men  who  have  gone  back  into  the  woods  to  continue 
the  survey  and  to  go  on  with  the  clearing,  come  running  back 
and  on  down  to  the  water,  shouting  and  cheering  as  they  go. 
Soon  the  crowd  returns  with  the  first  body  of  the  emigrants, 
the  first  white  families  of  the  Ohio  settlements.  In  the  lead 
comes  General  Putnam  with  Gen.  Tupper,  Major  Gushing,  Ma- 
jor Goodale,  and  their  wives  and  children,  welcoming  them  to 
the  settlement  and  leading  them  up  to  where  they  have  started 
the  town.  It  is  a  very  joyous  crowd.  Husbands  who  were  of 
the  first  48  and  their  wives  and  children  are  reunited;  friends 
are  meeting  friends  again.  The  happiness  and  the  novelty  of 
the  occasion  dominate  every  one.  When  all  have  come  up,  Gen- 
eral Putnam  raises  his  hand  for  attention. 

PUTNAM:  Here,  my  friends  and  fellow  citizens,  is  where  we 
are  starting  our  town.  It  has  always  been  an  important 
and  sacred  spot  to  the  savages,  as  you  will  readily  believe 
when  you  see  the  strange  mounds  and  earth  works  that  are 
so  abundant  here.  It  will  also  surely  be  a  sacred  and  im- 
portant place  to  us,  for  this  is  the  first  settlement  in  a  new 
empire  west  of  the  Alleghenies.  Here  we  welcome  you  to 
your  new  homes  in  what  will  soon  be  a  great  State,  here 
on  the  north-west  bank  of  the  Ohio  River.  A  little  farther 
up  the  Muskingum  is  the  high  ground  which  we  have 
chosen  for  your  first  shelter.  Come,  to  the  Campus  Mar- 
tius! 

Following  General  Putnam  the  crowd  continues  its  joyous 
way  in  a  body  out  to  the  north. 


4.    The  Northwest  Territory 


A  boy  comes  running  up  from  the  river,  calling  to  some  of 
the  settlers,  men  and  women,  who  are  going  and  coming  intent 
upon  their  work. 

BOY:     Hi!    Boat  turning  in !    Landing  down  at  the  wharf ! 

The  men  and  women  who  hear  him  immediately  go  down 
to  the  river-front,  while  others  come  from  the  direction  of  the 
Campus  Martius  as  the  boy  runs  on  calling  out  to  them. 
Among  them  are  General  Rufus  Putnam,  and  other  prominent 
men  of  the  settlement. 

Quickly  there  come  up  from  the  river  a  goodly  number  of 
new  arrivals  with  their  household  and  other  equipment,  and 
escorted  and  helped  by  the  former  settlers  who  went  down  to 
the  wharf.  Among  the  new  arrivals  is  the  Rev.  Dr.  Manasseh 
Cutler  and  the  Rev.  Daniel  Story.  The  people  greet  each  other 
most  cordially.  General  Putnam  goes  right  up  to  Dr.  Cutler. 

PUTNAM:     Dr.  Cutler!    Welcome  to  Marietta!    Friends,  you 
most  of  you  know  Dr.  Cutler ! 

Many  rush  up  to  grasp  Dr.  Cutler's  hand,  and  a  number 
of  the  younger  men  start  a  hearty  cheer  for  him.  He  brings 
forward  Mr.  Story. 

CUTLER  :    Thank  you  for  your  good  welcome,  my  friends !    We 
are  all  of  us  glad  to  be  here  with  you  at  Marietta!     Gen- 
eral Putnam,  I  want  to  present  to  you  the  Rev.  Daniel 
•  Story. 

PUTNAM  :     I  am  glad  to  welcome  you,  Mr.  Story. 
CUTLER:     He  has  come  to  be  your  Pastor. 

STORY :     It  is  a  great  honor,  I  feel,  to  be  the  first  Pastor  of  the 
Church  in  Marietta. 

PUTNAM:     The  people  of  the  settlement  will  be  glad  indeed  to 


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welcome  their  pastor.     Friends,  friends,  Dr.  Cutler  has 
brought  with  him  a  minister  of  the  gospel  to  be  your  pastor. 

All  the  people  immediately  stop  their  talking  with  each 
other  and  draw  together  in  quiet  interest  to  listen  to  Dr.  Cutler. 

CUTLER:  You  will  remember  that  I  was  authorized  by  the 
directors  of  the  Ohio  Company  to  secure  the  services  of  an 
instructor  eminent  for  literary  accomplishments  and  virtue 
of  character,  who  should  be  your  pastor  and  should  also 
superintend  the  first  sholastic  institutions.  I  have  brought 
to  you  the  Rev.  Daniel  Story  for  these  important  purposes, 
and  I  now  present  him  to  you. 

Several  of  the  older  people  go  up  to  Mr.  Story  and  shake 
hands  with  him. 

A  DEACON  :  We  are  glad  to  welcome  you  here  among  us, 
Brother  Story. 

STORY  :  I  am  glad  to  come,  Brother,  and  hope  to  preach  to  you 
acceptably  in  the  name  of  the  Lord. 

A  WOMAN  :     You  are  very  welcome  among  us  indeed. 

STORY:  I  thank  you  with  all  my  heart  for  your  welcome, 
Sister. 

PUTNAM  :  Neighbors,  do  we  all  welcome  Brother  Story  among 
us  to  be  our  pastor  and  teacher? 

ALL:     We  do;  we  do! 

CUTLER  :  In  that  case,  good  friends,  I  am  authorized  to  say  to 
you  that  at  an  ecclesiastical  council  holden  at  Hamilton,  in 
the  county  of  Essex  and  Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts 
on  the  15th  day  of  August,  convened  by  letters  missive,  it 
was  voted  unanimously  that  this  council  is  satisfied  with 
respect  to  the  qualifications  of  Mr.  Daniel  Story  for  the 
work  of  the  gospel  ministry  and  of  his  being  regularly 
called  to  be  the  pastor  and  teacher  of  the  church  and  asso- 
ciation at  Marietta  and  its  vicinity. 

DEACON  :     We  approve  and  thank  the  council  for  their  action. 
ALL  :    We  do ;  we  do.    Amen. ' 


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CUTLER  :  So  I  present  him  to  you  officially  in  the  name  of  the 
council. 

Mr.  Story  bows  low  to  the  people  and  they  all  silently  bow 
to  him.     Dr.  Cutler  turns  and  addresses  the  new  pastor. 

CUTLER:  You  are  already,  Sir,  by  the  laying  on  of  hands  and 
solemn  prayer  to  God,  set  apart  to  the  work  of  the  gospel 
ministry.  And  now  to  your  special  care  and  charge  are 
committed  the  Church  and  Christian  Society  of  Marietta, 
by  whose  express  desire  you  are  ordained  their  pastor. 
You  have  the  honour,  sir,  to  be  the  first  regularly  ordained 
and  settled  minister  of  the  Congregational  denomination 
in  that  extensive  country  westward  of  the  Allegheny  moun- 
tains, a  country  favorable  to  a  high  degree  of  population, 
capable  of  supporting  and  probably  will  one  day  contain 
inhabitants  as  numerous  as  those  of  the  Atlantic  states. 
In  the  name  of  the  great  Head  of  the  Church,  we  most 
solemnly  charge  you  to  be  a  faithful  minister  of  the  gospel 
to  these  people.  Preach  the  word  in  its  purity  and  sim- 
plicity. Shun  not  to  declare  the  whole  counsel  of  God.  As 
a  wise  instructor  teach  every  man.  As  a  faithful  shepherd 
feed,  in  all  seasons,  the  flock  of  God.  Feed  Christ's  sheep ; 
feed  his  lambs. 

ALL  :    Amen. 

STORY  :     Let  us  bow  our  heads  in  silent  prayer. 

The  men  remove  their  hats  and  all  stand  a  moment  with 
bowed  heads. 

STORY  :  Let  us  sing  "The  Lord  My  Pasture  Shall  Prepare"  to 
the  tune  of  Arne. 

The  Lord  my  pasture  shall  prepare 
And  feed  me  with  a  shepherd's  care ; 

His  presence  shall  my  wants  supply, 
And  guard  me  with  a  watchful  eye ; 

My  noon  day  walks  he  shall  attend, 
And  all  my  midnight  hours  defend. 

After  the  new  pastor  has  lined  the  hymn  out,  the  people 
all  sing  under  his  lead. 


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As  the  singing  of  the  hymn  comes  to  an  end,  the  six 
pounder  gun  at  Fort  Harmer  across  the  Muskingum  is  heard 
booming  out  the  salute  of  fourteen  guns  in  honor  of  the  new 
Governor  of  the  North- West  Territory.  Indians  appear  in  the 
edge  of  the  crowd  anxious  to  watch  all  that  goes  on. 

PUTNAM  :  General  Arthur  St.  Clair  is  approaching.  It  is  five 
o'clock.  See?  See  the  twelve-oared  barge?  Get  ready  to 
receive  your  new  Governor,  my  friends,  and  fellow  citizens ! 

A  chair  is  brought  and  placed  in  front  of  the  church.  All 
the  people  mass  themselves  with  General  Putnam,  Dr.  Cutler, 
and  their  new  pastor  in  the  centre,  to  welcome  the  procession. 

To  the  music  of  a  march  up  from  the  water  comes  a  pro- 
cession escorting  the  newly  appointed  Governor  of  the  North- 
West  Territory  and  the  Judges  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas. 
First  comes  the  Sheriff,  Colonel  Ebenezer  Sproat;  then  His 
Excellency,  General  Arthur  St.  Clair,  Governor  of  the  North- 
West  Territory,  followed  by  Mr.  Winthrop  Sargent,  Secretary 
of  the  Territory ;  then  the  three  Judges  of  the  Court  of  Common 
Pleas,  Samuel  Holden  Parsons,  James  Mitchel  Varnum,  and 
John  Cleves  Symmes.  General  Harmar  and  the  officers  of  the 
garrison  at  the  Fort,  with  a  military  escort,  close  the  procession. 
All  the  people  break  into  loyal  and  unreserved  applause.  Gen- 
eral St.  Clair  takes  the  chair  in  front  of  the  church ;  the  others 
group  themselves  on  either  side  of  him.  After  a  short  interval 
of  profound  silence  he  rises  and  addresses  the  people  before 
him. 

ST.  CLAIR:  I  am  pleased  to  inform  you  that  my  happiness  is 
extreme  in  meeting  you  upon  so  important  an  occasion.  I 
bring  with  me  from  the  Congress  a  most  excellent  consti- 
tution for  the  government  of  the  whole  Territory.  To  this 
I  now  claim  your  attention.  Mr.  Secretary,  will  you  read 
the  Ordinance  of  the  Congress? 

General  St.  Clair  resumes  his  seat,  and  Winthrop  Sargent 
steps  forward  to  read  from  the  Ordinance. 

SARGENT:  An  Ordinance  for  the  Government  of  the  Territory 
of  the  United  States  Northwest  of  the  River  Ohio. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  United  States  in  Congress  as- 


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sembled :  That  there  shall  be  appointed  from  time  to  time 
by  Congress  a  governor,  whose  commission  shall  continue 
in  force  for  the  term  of  three  years,  unless  sooner  revoked 
by  Congress;  and  a  secretary;  and  a  court  to  consist  of 
three  judges,  any  two  of  whom  to  form  a  court,  who  shall 
have  the  common  law  jurisdiction.  The  governor  shall 
for  the  time  being  be  commander-in-chief  of  the  militia. 
The  governor  and  judges,  or  a  majority  of  them,  shall 
adopt  and  publish  in  the  district  such  laws  of  the  original 
States,  criminal  and  civil,  as  may  be  necessary  and  best 
suited  to  the  circumstances  of  the  district. 

No  person  demeaning  himself  in  a  peaceable  and  or- 
derly manner  shall  ever  be  molested  on  account  of  his  mode 
of  worship  or  religious  sentiments  in  the  said  territory. 

Religion,  morality  and  knowledge  being  necessary  to 
good  government  and  the  happiness  of  mankind,  schools 
and  the  means  of  education  shall  forever  be  encouraged. 

There  shall  be  neither  slavery  nor  involuntary  servi- 
tude in  the  said  territory,  otherwise  than  in  the  punishment 
of  crimes,  whereof  the  party  shall  have  been  duly  con- 
victed. 

Done  by  the  United  States  in  Congress  assembled,  the 
13th  day  of  July,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  1787,  and  of  their 
sovereignty  and  independence  the  twelfth. 

ST.  CLAIR:     Will  you  read  the  Commission  of  the  Governor? 

SARGENT:  The  United  States  in  Congress  assembled  to  Arthur 
St.  Glair,  Esq.  We,  reposing  special  trust  and  confidence 
in  your  integrity,  prudence  and  ability,  have  constituted 
and  appointed,  and  by  these  presents  do  constitute  and  ap- 
point, you,  the  said  Arthur  St.  Clair,  governor  in  and  over 
the  territory  of  the  United  States  of  America,  northwest  of 
the  river  Ohio;  and  commander-in-chief  of  the  militia 
therein;  to  order,  rule  and  govern  the  same;  and  we  do 
hereby  give  and  grant  to  you,  the  said  Arthur  St.  Clair,  all 
the  powers,  authorities  and  prerogatives  assigned  to  the 
governor  of  the  said  territory;  and  we  do  strictly  enjoin 
all  persons  to  pay  due  obedience  to  this  our  commission. 


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General  St.  Clair  then  again  rises  and  delivers  the  follow- 
ing address. 

ST.  CLAIR  :  A  good  government,  well  administered,  is  the  first 
of  blessings  to  a  people.  The  executive  part  of  the  ad- 
ministration of  this  government  hath  been  intrusted  to  me, 
and  I  am  truly  sensible  of  the  importance  of  the  trust,  to 
you,  gentlemen,  over  whom  it  is  to  be  immediately  exer- 
cised; to  your  posterity;  perhaps  to  the  whole  community 
of  America.  Would  to  God  I  were  more  equal  to  the  dis- 
charge of  it !  But  my  best  endeavors  shall  not  be  wanting. 

I  esteem  it  also  a  singular  happiness  to  you,  and  to  me, 
that  the  gentlemen  appointed  to  the  judicial  department 
are  of  such  distinguished  characters.  The  authority  of  the 
magistrates  will  be  so  mixed  with  and  tempered  by  the 
benignity  of  their  dispositions  that  you  have  reason  to  ex- 
pect much  satisfaction  from  it. 

Situated  as  you  are,  in  the  most  temperate  climate; 
favored  with  the  most  fertile  soil ;  surrounded  by  the  nobl- 
est and  most  beautiful  rivers;  every  portion  of  labor  will 
meet  its  due  reward.  But  you  have  upon  your  frontier 
numbers  of  savages.  I  will  venture  to  recommend  that 
you  endeavor  to  cultivate  a  good  understanding  with  the 
natives,  without  much  familiarity. 

The  present  situation  of  the  territory  calls  for  atten- 
tion in  various  places,  and  will  necessarily  induce  a  fre- 
quent absence,  both  of  the  judges  and  myself  from  this 
delightful  spot ;  but  at  all  times  and  places,  as  it  is  my  in- 
dispensable duty,  so  it  is  very  much  my  desire,  to  do  every- 
thing within  the  compass  of  my  power,  for  the  peace,  good 
order,  perfect  establishment  of  the  settlement. 

At  the  close  of  the  Governor's  address,  peals  of  applause 
rend  the  surrounding  air  and  loud  cries  of 

THE  PEOPLE  :  Long  live  our  Governor !  Long  live  our  Gover- 
nor !  Hurray ! 

General  St.  Clair,  having  sat  down,  rises  and  acknowledges 
with  dignified  bows  the  cordial  greetings  of  the  people.     Then 


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General  Rufus  Putnam  steps  forward  to  deliver  the  answer  of 
the  people  to  the  Governor's  address. 

PUTNAM  :  May  it  please  your  Excellency :  The  people  of  this 
settlement,  to  whom  you  have  been  pleased  to  make  known 
the  constitution  and  your  commission,  beg  leave  to  ap- 
proach you  with  the  warmest  affection  and  sincerest  re- 
gard. The  constitution  itself  we  consider  as  the  result  of 
a  wise  and  most  benevolent  policy;  and  we  look  up  with 
veneration  to  the  fathers  of  their  country,  whose  care  and 
attention  follow  us  wherever  we  go.  We  can  form  some 
idea  of  the  arduous  task  imposed  upon  the  governor  of  so 
extensive  a  country  as  the  western  territory ;  but  whatever 
dangers  may  intervene,  whatever  difficulties  may  oppose 
the  progress  of  your  noble  and  beneficent  designs,  we  will, 
as  far  as  in  our  power,  share  in  the  burdens,  alleviate  your 
cares  and  upon  all  occasions  render  a  full  obedience  to  the 
government  and  the  laws. 

Great  sir:  We  pray  that  heaven  may  grant  to  you, 
both  in  your  public  character  and  private  life,  all  the  felic- 
ity that  can  meet  your  expectations,  or  warmest  desires. 
May  you  long  enjoy  the  tranquility  of  a  mind  influenced  by 
the  principles  of  rectitude  only.  May  the  cold  hand  of 
death  never  arrest  you,  until  you  shall  have  accomplished 
all  the  objects  which  a  great  and  good  man  can  embrace; 
and  then  when  life  shall  lose  its  charms ;  when  nature  shall 
begin  to  sink  beneath  the  weight  of  mortality,  and  when 
the  mind  impatient  to  be  free  shall  burst  the  brittle  shell 
which  holds  it  here,  may  you  rise  triumphant  on  cherub's 
wings  to  enjoy  your  God  in  realms  of  endless  felicity! 

General  St.  Clair  rises  and  bows,  and  the  people  cheer. 
YOUNG  MAN  :     Three  cheers  for  Governor  St.  Clair !  Hip,  hip — 

ALL:     Hooray!    Hooray!    Hooray! 

PUTMAN  :  We  now  have  the  honor  of  inviting  your  Excellency 
to  partake  with  us  of  a  forest  banquet  which  the  women  of 
Marietta  have  prepared  for  us  in  the  bowery,  only  a  few 
steps  from  this  spot  on  the  Common  on  the  banks  of  the 
Muskingum  River.  Strike  up,  music! 


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-The  music  strikes  up  the  march  again,  and  the  procession 
re-forms.  First  go  General  St.  Clair  and  General  Putnam; 
then  the  Sheriff  and  the  Judges ;  next  General  Harmar  and  the 
officers  from  the  Fort  and  the  soldiers;  and  last  the  people  of 
Marietta,  while  the  Indians  withdraw  on  either  side.  The  pro- 
cession goes  forth  in  the  direction  of  the  bowery. 


III.    Epilogue:   To  America 


The  music  plays  the  Marietta  theme  in  a  form  different 
from  that  at  the  beginning  of  the  Prologue.  Therewith  Mari- 
etta comes  forth  from  the  central  door  of  the  church,  and  from 
the  two  sides  up  from  the  water  come  the  Spirits  of  the  Wilder- 
ness, and  take  their  places  in  groups  on  the  steps  as  in  the  Pro- 
logue. 

Then  the  music  passes  into  the  soft  chords,  sostenuto  vi- 
brato, by  the  strings,  as  Marietta  speaks,  calling  the  people  of 
the  Pageant  together. 

MARIETTA  : 

Forefathers,  Pilgrims  of  the  long  ago, 

Who  across  the  wintry  ocean  steered  your  bark 

And  founded  on  New  England's  shores  a  state 

Of  little  size  but  noble  dignity 

And  lasting  power  for  civic  righteousness: — 

Still  are  you  present  with  us !    Memory 

Forever  honors  you,  where'er  they  go 

Who  from  your  dauntless  spirits  claim  descent ! 

Bold  Pioneers  who  planted  on  these  shores 
The  first  beginnings  of  a  mighty  state, 
Who  crossed  the  wintry  mountains  and  in  spring 
Sailed  down  the  great  Ohio's  rapid  stream, 

As  rapidly,  unswervingly  as  have 

Their  dreams  swept  on  to  high  success  since  then : — 

You  too  are  present  with  us !     Memory 

Forever  honors  you,  where'er  they  go 

Who  from  your  dauntless  spirits  claim  descent! 

Return,  come  join  us  here,  with  loyal  praise 
To  pay  our  grateful  homage  to  that  Land 
For  which  you  laid  the  strong  foundations  sure 
In  conscience,  courage,  tolerance  and  hope; 
And  then  ascribe  the  glory  unto  God! 


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The  music  comes  out  in  a  march,  based  upon  the  Pilgrim 
motif  in  its  earlier  and  later  forms.  To  this  music  there  comes 
in  procession  the  whole  band  of  the  people  of  the  first  two 
episodes,  the  Pilgrims  of  1620.  Before  these  are  more  than 
half  in,  there  comes  from  the  other  side  the  whole  band  of  the 
people  of  the  last  two  episodes,  the  Pilgrims  of  1788.  They 
form  in  two  massed  groups  one  on  either  side.  At  the  close  of 
the  march,  Marietta  turns  around,  facing  the  church. 

MARIETTA  : 

America,  where'er  thou  art,  we  live! 
Where'er  we  go,  there  may  thy  spirit  lead ! 

The  music  plays  the  hymn,  "America,"  through.  From 
the  central  door  of  the  church  comes  the  imperial  figure  of 
America,  in  white,  with  golden  Liberty  Cap  and  golden  girdle. 
She  carries  the  Stars  and  Stripes  and  wears  the  Shield  of  the 
United  States  on  her  shoulder.  Attending  her  comes  the  figure 
of  the  State  of  Ohio,  in  blue,  with  silver  girdle  and  silver  fillet 
around  her  head,  and  carrying  her  State  flag.  America  stands 
between  the  columns  at  the  top  of  the  steps  with  Ohio  a  little 
back  of  her  on  her  left.  Marietta  takes  her  place  a  little  ways 
down  the  steps  on  America's  right.  With  orchestral  accom- 
paniment the  people  of  the  Pageant  and  of  the  audience  sing 
the  four  stanzas  of  the  hymn  "America." 

With  the  last,  the  prayer  stanza,  "Our  fathers'  God,  to 
Thee,"  all  the  people  of  the  pageant  kneel,  America,  Ohio,  and 
Marietta  turning  around  so  as  to  kneel  with  their  faces  toward 
the  church. 

Then  the  music  leads  into  another  march,  based  on  the 
main  theme  of  the  pageant,  taken  from  "Time-Honored  Mari- 
etta," and  the  people  of  the  pageant,  in  recessional,  march  past 
the  group  of  symbolic  figures,  America,  Ohio,  and  Marietta,  on 
the  steps  of  the  church.  First  comes  Governor  John  Carver 
and  the  Plymouth  Pilgrims,  then  at  a  little  interval,  General 
Rufus  Putnam  and  his  settlers.  The  Spirits  of  the  Wilderness 
and  the  Indians  mingle  with  the  other  people.  As  the  last  of 
them  are  about  to  disappear,  America,  Ohio,  and  Marietta  turn 
and  go  into  the  central  door  of  the  church. 


Cast  of  Characters 


SYMBOLIC  FIGURES — "Marietta,"  Ruth  Mullikin;  "Ohio,"  Dorothy 
Roberts;  "America,"  Mrs.  Frederick  Squires. 

SPIRITS  OF  THE  WILDERNESS — Helen  Sheets,  Sara  Bailey,  Frances 
Cisler,  Mabel  Bode,  Mary  Goodhue.  Mildred  Benedict,  Consuelo 
Curry,  Roberta  Rosenthal,  Marjory  Strecker,  Marian  Bourquard, 
Martha  Daker,  Angela  Sybert,  Gertrude  Bode,  Grace  Vandevert, 
Mary  Buckley,  Maurine  Krigbaum,  Louise  Stowe,  Helen  Sandford, 
Margaret  West,  Emily  Kirby,  Gladys  Kidd,  Cornelia  McGee,  Helen 
Hyde,  Ruby  Ballentine,  Lillian  Strecker,  Muriel  Rempe,  Helen  Ed- 
wards, Margaret  Hoist,  Dorothy  Williamson,  Lillian  Cisler. 

CAPE  COD  AND  THE  COMPACT  AND  PLYMOUTH  IN  NEW  ENGLAND 

— Elder  William  Brewster,  Rev.  F.  N.  Lynch;  Capt.  Myles  Standish, 
W.  S.  Hancock;  Capt.  Thos.  Jones,  W.  E.  Daker;  William  Bradford, 
Judge  A.  A.  Schramm;  John  Carver,  Rev.  Hal  Lloyd;  Edward  Win- 
slow,  Arthur  Savenye;  Londoners,  Messrs.  Ankenbrand,  E.  G.  Bay, 
Reinhard,  Alfred  Wittlig;  Carpenter,  Harold  Youmans;  A  Woman, 
Mrs.  J.  M.  Speary;  Another,  Mrs.  S.  K.  Scharlott;  A  Third,  Mrs. 
Chas.  Brickwede;  A  Man,  Rezin  Carothers;  Another,  Horace  Chap- 
man; A  Woman,  Mrs.  Hal  Lloyd;  Another,  Mary  Louise  Mullikin; 
Mistress  Bradford,  Mrs.  Asa  D.  McCoy;  William  White,  Jack  Hansel; 
Mistress  Susanna  White,  Irene  Ogle;  Samoset,  Carl  B.  Stephan; 
Squanto,  Clyde  Slater;  A  Boy,  Irvine  Beagle;  Sailors,  T.  Bush,  G. 
Bush,  Wykle,  Goddard;  Pilgrim  Fathers,  Hopkins,  T.  J.  Summers; 
Rowland,  Rev.  Decker;  Allerton,  Rev.  Norveil;  Pilgrim  Men,  R.  Car- 
others,  H.  Chapman,  J.  H.  Stitt,  Patterson,  F.  Kette,  Ludwig,  Kelley, 
J.  R.  Smith.  Pilgrim  Women — Mrs.  Asa  D.  McCoy,  Mrs.  Hal  Lloyd, 
Mrs.  S.  K.  Scharlott,  Mrs.  Charles  Brickwede,  Mrs.  S.  A.  Mullikin, 
Mrs.  John  Speary,  Mrs.  Perl  Sprague,  Mrs.  A.  J.  Stevens,  Mrs.  W. 
E.  Daker,  Mrs.  C.  V.  Dye,  Miss  Winifred  Scott,  Miss  Mary  Louise 
Mullikin,  Miss  Willie  Neil,  Miss  Laura  Alden,  Miss  Irene  Ogle. 
Pilgrim  Children — Mary  Hanna,  Marian  Sloan,  Mildred  Ballentine, 
Jane  McKinney,  Dora  Marie  Daugherty,  Sidney  Mullikin,  Irvine 
Beagle,  Betsy  Hathaway. 

THE  SECOND  MAYFLOWER  AND  THE  NORTHWEST  TERRITORY — 

Capt.  Jonathan  Devol,  D.  F.  Masters;  Gen.  Rufus  Putnam,  Robert 
Noll;  Rev.  Manassah  Cutler,  Rev.  W.  L.  Goldsmith;  Rev.  Daniel 
Stacy,  Rev.  Robert  Vorberg;  Gen.  Arthur  St.  Clair,  Edwin  Strecker; 
A  Deacon,  Prof.  A.  G.  Beach;  Winthrop  Sargent,  Rev.  F.  M.  Whit- 
lock;  Judges  of  Common  Pleas,  D.  W.  Jones,  Prof.  Chamberlain, 
Prof.  Phillips;  Capt.  McCurdy,  Geo.  Hartrick;  Gen.  Tupper,  S.  A. 
Mullikin;  Major  Cushing,  Kenneth  Hunter;  Major  White,  George 


48         The  Pilgrim  Tercentenary  Pageant  of  Marietta 

Schad;  Major  Tupper,  Hiram  Maynard;  Major  Goodale,  H.  E.  Carl- 
ton;  Col.  Sproat,  Rollo  Stacey;  Gen.  Harmar,  P.  L.  McMahon;  Fort 
Harmar  Soldiers— Dean  Kerr,  Geo.  Light,  Rollo  Stacey,  Howard 
Eaton,  J.  R.  McSwords,  P.  McSwords,  Herbert  Reiter,  Claude  Davis, 
Hubert  Collins. 

Pioneers — Sam  Ward,  Kingston  McCoy,  Martin  Vorberg,  Kenneth 
Ward,  Carlos  Dawes,  Rufus  Beach,  Hayes  Clark,  Truman  Hast- 
ings, Edwin  Withers,  Louis  Timblin,  Chas.  Dawes,  G.  O.  Smith, 
Theron  Arthur,  Talcott  Parsons,  Blake  Summers,  Wells  Shock- 
ley,  Clifford  Masters,  Keith  Stevens,  Abdel  Mobley,  E.  H. 
Schafer,  Mr.  Roberts. 

Boy — Howard  Scott. 

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A  Woman — Mrs.  E.  C.  Angert. 
Pipes,  Indian  Chief — George  Wilson. 

Pioneer  Women — Mrs.  George  Strecker,  Mrs.  Clarence  Sloan,  Mrs. 
S.  A.  Thurlow,  Mrs.  E.  C.  Angert,  Mrs.  Edgar  Hopp,  Mrs.  Ethel 
Alderman,  Mrs.  A.  L.  Smith,  Mrs.  Frank  Shafer,  Mrs.  James 
Warburton,  Mrs.  Spence  Krigbaum,  Misses  Anna  Roberts,  Mar- 
jory Whitaker,  Lillian  Summers,  Willie  Neal,  Mildred  Ludwig. 

Pioneer  Children — Margaret  Gates,  Catherine  Hanna,  Fanchon 
Sayler,  Helen  Cisler.Paul  Angert,  Howard  Scott,  Lowell  Alder- 
man, John  Mills,  Jane  Krigbaum,  Lillian  Warburton,  Lucia 
Manley,  Frances  May  Reese. 

Indians,  from  Order  of  Red  Men — William  Lacey,  Charles  Hays, 
Alfred  Bright,  James  Hendricks,  George  Gephart,  Ray  Parker, 
Herbert  Kirchner,  William  Farley,  C.  Weber,  Arthur  Dillon, 
Floyd  Robinson,  W.  E.  Callihan,  C.  F.  Schreiber,  Walter 
Stephan,  Clarence  Gilchrist,  John  Collins,  J.  Semon,  J.  D. 
Cochran,  George  Moines  and  Lee  Miraben. 

Indian  Women  and  Children,  Marietta  Council  No.  9,  Degree  of 
Pocahontas — Mrs.  May  Callahan,  Mrs.  Minnie  Gephart,  Mrs. 
Bess  Wenzel,  Mrs.  Lizzie  Deucher,  Mrs.  Charlotte  Wilson,  Mrs. 
Kate  Hill,  Mrs.  Leota  Smith,  Mrs.  Catherine  Hicks,  Mrs.  Jenny 
Mahnken,  Mrs.  Minnie  Beck,  Mrs.  Kate  Wenzel,  Mrs.  Ellen  Pfaff 
Mrs.  Cora  Bishman.  Children — Ruth  Wilson,  Elizabeth  Wil- 
son, Francis  Deucher,  Billy  Cox,  Dean  Bishman,  George  Bish- 
man, Wilbur  Reese. 


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